‘Disgraceful’: Code yellow to end – but surgeries stay scrapped
SA Health will end its internal code yellow emergency this month – but documents show its measures will continue, under new names.
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Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Ramping reaches ridiculous new levels as paramedics ‘left to rot’
Time lost to ambulance ramping has smashed the 5000-hour mark for the first time, as there appears no end in sight for the ongoing saga gripping our health system.
SA Health silent on bombshell claims about suspended staff
SA Health is neither confirming nor denying bombshell whistleblower claims about one of its key agencies, issuing a terse “no comment.”
‘I’m going blind’: Goers blasts SA Health over surgery cancellation
Slowly going blind in one eye, Peter Goers waited patiently for 18 months for cataract surgery in our public health system. When the day arrived, the surgery was cancelled.
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‘Extraordinary’: Huge uprising against under-fire SA hospital
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Cancer patient ‘left to die’ claims he’s ‘lost in the system’
Cancer patient Wayne Talbot says he was “lost in the system” as his cancer spread but SA Health and the Health Minister say there have been “no delays”.
How three-year-old Blake saved his baby brother’s life
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Covid fighter appointed to top SA Health role
A prominent SA Health role has been filled by a senior public servant who was at the forefront of a cross-border Covid fight during the height of the pandemic.
Adelaide’s getting a brand new hospital
The opening of the new facility near the CBD is tipped to ease pressure on the state’s stressed health system.
SA Covid hospitalisations on the rise
More South Australians are being treated in hospital for Covid as a new wave of the virus continues to grip the state.
SA Health boss caught up in Hindley St stabbing
One of the state’s most senior bureaucrats has given first aid to a young woman moments after she was stabbed on a busy CBD street during evening rush hour.
Adelaide hospital so full it’s ‘like managing a disaster’: Union
Chronic ramping blew out waiting times by 10 hours at the Lyell McEwin hospital on Monday, with the doctors’ union calling it closer to a disaster than a health service.
Face mask rules return as Covid wave grips SA
Mandatory face masks have returned in certain settings in South Australia as a new Covid wave that has caused a spike in cases grips the state.
RAT alert as Covid cases spike for third week running
A 50 per cent rise in covid cases from last week has sparked new warnings for people to check their home test kits — and to plan for possible shortages.
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